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Digitized Books    To a Rocky Moon

To a Rocky Moon

To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration

by Don E. Wilhelms. © 1993 The Arizona Board of Regents. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press.

  Complete Volume

To a Rocky Moon

Contents
  • Front Cover
  • Back Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Errata
    • Chapter 1: A Quiet Prelude 1892–1957
    • Chapter 2: The Quickening Pace 1957–1961
    • Chapter 3: The Earthbound View 1961–1963
    • Chapter 4: Preparing to Explore 1963–1965
    • Chapter 5: The Ranger Transition 1964–1965
    • Chapter 6: Back at the Main Event 1965
    • Chapter 7: The Glory Days 1966
    • Chapter 8: Surveyor and the Regolith 1966–1968
    • Chapter 9: The View from Lunar Orbiter 1966–1967
    • Chapter 10: Apollo Lifts Off 1967–1969
    • Chapter 11: Tranquility Base 1969
    • Chapter 12: A Western Mare? 1969
    • Chapter 13: The Best-Laid Plans 1970
    • Chapter 14: Promising Fra Mauro 1971
    • Chapter 15: Golden Apennine-Hadley 1971
    • Chapter 16: Mysterious Descartes 1972
    • Chapter 17: Beautiful Taurus-Littrow 1972
    • Chapter 18: Debriefing 1973–1984
  • Reference Material
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Illustrations
  • About the Author

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